Up here at the press office, and Anita Baker just stopped by the WMMJ tent during their remote broadcast near the main gates for a quick on-the-fly interview! It was taped, and they are actually airing the interview as I write this. She sounds like she's had a fascinating life based on her 90 second discussion with Alvin John Waples. Our President and CEO Terre jumped on the air after Anita to discuss the remainder of our R&B schedule, which features The Temptations/Four Tops, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Al Green, Lalah Hathaway and Smokey Robinson.
Anita takes the stage tonight at 8:50, so come on out and grab your ticket!
Anyone pick up Emmylou's newest record titled All I Intended to Be? Great, great stuff. Generally, I have a really hard time getting behind studio recordings of covers, especially in the country arena, but her ability to add crystalline layers to tracks like Patty Griffin's "Moon Song", Merle Haggard's "Kern River," and Billy Joe Shaver's "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," consistently blows me away. The album dropped on June 10 - pick it up ASAP. A review written by my pal Chris Klimek will run in the Washington Post weekend section in the days leading up to her Wolf Trap show on June 22. I'll make sure to post it on here once it hits the shelves.
For today's video, I've posted a 1977 live performance of Emmylou covering Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty," one of my favorite tunes of all time. I know her show is over a week away, but I absolutely cannot wait to see that beautiful head of silver hair perform...ok I might have a little star crush on her :)
In case folks are curious about Kenny G's performance from last night, I've posted his setlist below Emmylou's video.
Have a great weekend - I'll be watching the U.S. Open and headed out to the park in the evenings for Gordon Lightfoot and Boz Scaggs.
Cheers,
Graham
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